And you are an "informed" ethanol user? Or are you a corn farmer getting rich off the ethanol craze?
Some FACTS for you:
1) Ethanol IS a corrosive solvent. This is basic chemistry 101. It is corrosive to rubber and plastic parts in carburetors used in most small engines.
2) Ethanol has a high affinity for water. A full glass of ethanol will draw enough water from the atmosphere to make the glass overflow. We did this experiment in General Science class in high school. What this means is that in solution with gasoline, ethanol will draw moisture from the atmosphere to cause phase separation over time.
3) Ethanol contains less BTUs than gasoline. That means that fuel consumption will increase for the comparable amount of work produced.
Some opinion:
I have never had to continually work on small engine carburetors to the extent that I need to with ethanol containing fuels. I also do not like the increased fuel consumption. My personal position is to offer the choice. Let the market make the decision as to whether to use E10 or E0. If that all makes me an ethanol basher, then so be it. I simply don't like having it forced on me.
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